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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Marylebone 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH
for the year 1906, for the Metropolitan Borough of St.
Marylebone, on the administration of the Factory and Workshop
Act, 1901, in connection with FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS,
LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK.
I.—INSPECTION.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors
of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries.) | 41 | — | — |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries.) | 1,234 | 2 | — |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report.) | 220 | — | — |
| Total | 1,495 | 2 | — |
2.— DEFECTS FOUND.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | |||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (6) | |
| Want of cleanliness | 18 | 18 | — | — | |
| Want of ventilation | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Want of drainage of floors | — | — | — | — | |
| Other nuisances | 4 | 4 | — | — | |
| Sanitary accommodation | insufficient | — | — | — | — |
| unsuitable or defective | 2 | 2 | — | — | |
| not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | — | — | — | — | |
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97 to 100). | — | — | — | — | |
| Other offences (Excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this Report.) | 5 | 5 | 2 | — | |
| Total | 33 | 33 | 2 | — | |